Eating at Jo's Again
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http://www.radiofreeamsterdam.com/audio/jsrshow142.mp3
John Sinclair Radio Show #142
Eat at Jo's in The Melkweg, Amsterdam
Sunday, July 8, 2007 at 3:00-4:00 pm [20-0720]
Another brilliant summer Sunday afternoon takes us to Eat at Jo's for a new episode of the radio show where we get to broadcast out the front door onto Marnixtraat, talk with poets Joan Gannij and Ted Jackson, hear some poems from them and from John Sinclair & Friends with Daniel Carter, Elliott Levin, Doug Lunn, Dee Pop & Dr Dorothy Goodman 'live' at Jimmy's in NYC, plus some great tunes from New Orleans by the Li'l Rascals Brass Band, Treme Brass Band, Glen David Andrews & the Lazy 6, Re-Birth Brass Band, Tuba Fats, Snooks Eaglin, Tommy Ridgley, and the New Birth Brass Band.
Playlist #142
[01] Opening Music: Li'l Rascals Brass Band: The Doe
[02] John Sinclair ID, Intro & Opening Tokes with Henk Botwinik
[03] Treme Brass Band: Food Stamp Blues
[04] Glen David Andrews & the Lazy 6: Dumaine St. Blues
[05] Re-Birth Brass Band: Tuba Fats
[06] John Sinclair Comments & Conversation with Joan Gannij
[07] Joan Gannij: Walter Booker Solo
[08] Joan Gannij: Wounds of Change
[09] John Sinclair & Friends 'live' at Jimmy's NYC: blue monk > humphf
[10] Tuba Fats: Didn't He Ramble
[11] Snooks Eaglin: Boogie Rambler
[12] Tommy Ridgley: Tra La La
[13] John Sinclair Comments & Ted Jackson Intro
[14] Ted Jackson: Thoughts of Respectability
[15] Ted Jackson: Talkin' Amsterdam Blues
[16] John Sinclair Closing Comments & ID
[17] Closing Music: New Birth Brass Band: Smoke That Fire
Hosted by John Sinclair for Radio Free Amsterdam
Produced, engineered & recorded by Henk Botwinik at Eat at Jo's
Mastered & posted by Henk Botwinik
Executive Producer: Larry Hayden
Special thanks to Eric & Mary Jo, Ted Jackson, Paul Valenti
Sponsored by Hempshopper & Eat at Jo's
© 2007 John Sinclair
Podcast by www.RadioFreeAmsterdam.com as #142 on August 6, 2007
-Detroit
August 25, 2007
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Attached are some news items from the Dutch press and other sources that I thought you might enjoy, beginning with a report on the latest court battles carried on by my old friend Ed Rosenthal in San Francisco and continuing with several dispatches from the cultural wars in the Netherlands.
CALIFORNIA'S 'GANJA GURU' VOWS CONVICTION APPEAL
SAN FRANCISCO, Saturday, July 7, 2007 (Reuters)-California's "ganja guru" will not have to go to jail but still plans to appeal felony marijuana convictions with the aim of renewing a courtroom fight over state and federal laws that are sharply at odds.
Ed Rosenthal, author of "Why Marijuana Should Be Legal" and other books, said on Saturday his battle with U.S. government is far from over and that he would appeal his conviction on marijuana cultivation, distribution and conspiracy charges.
U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer on Friday sentenced Rosenthal, 62, to a single day behind bars, saying the Oakland, California activist thought he was legally growing and distributing marijuana with the approval of Oakland city officials when he was arrested in 2002.
Because of time already served, he faces no jail time.
Rosenthal was one of the first prominent marijuana activists tried by federal prosecutors for growing and distributing marijuana for medical purposes after California voters in 1996 approved that use.
"I find marijuana to be exceptionally helpful," Rosenthal said, noting that while tangling in court with the U.S. government for the past five years he routinely used the drug for a medical condition, which he declined to detail.
Rosenthal predicted the U.S. government faces a losing fight against medical marijuana use in California despite having federal law on its side.
In a case involving a California woman who smokes marijuana to ease pain from an inoperable brain tumor, the San Francisco-based U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in March found no fundamental right to marijuana for medical purposes and backed the 1970 federal Controlled Substances Act barring the drug.
Californians do not seem to care about that ban to judge by the growing roster of "cannabis clubs" and medical marijuana dispensaries across the state, Rosenthal said.
"They're so out of touch with the reality on the ground," Rosenthal said, referring to the federal government. "Are people in general going to stop? Yeah, just the way they stopped producing alcohol during Prohibition."
MPS BACK ANTI-DRUG SPRAY IN SCHOOLS
A majority of MPs support the use of a special spray in secondary
schools which can be used to identify drug users. The government is to investigate whether the spray works and its legal implications. The spray is said to change colour when it comes into contact with illegal drugs.
-DutchNews.nl
June 28, 2007
POLICE SACKED 113 OFFICERS LAST YEAR
Over 200 police officers were sacked, suspended or quit the force in 2006 because of their involvement in crime or for neglecting their duties. Of these, 113 were fired outright and 42 left during an investigation, according to police figures.
In total 1,393 investigations into police behaviour were carried out, of which 699 cleared the officers involved. In 180 cases police officers were found to have committed criminal offences, ranging from violence and sex crimes to abusing their position.
-DutchNews.nl
June 29, 2007
EDITORIAL: SMOKE
Why is it that the law of unforeseen consequences always gets a twist when it comes to the Dutch? Take the smoking ban. In Belgium smokers sit outside under environmentally damaging heaters supplied by friendly cafe and restaurant owners. In England some local councils have extended the ban to outdoor recreation areas.
And the Dutch? They are arguing about the effect on coffee shops where you can buy cannabis legally over the counter. Health minister Ab Klink has said that the smoking ban he intends to introduce next July will not apply to these coffee shops - as long as the sales area is smoke-free. This will probably mean building glass walls around the counter.
Cisca Joldersma of the Christian Democrats argues that Klink's plan for the coffee shops will give cannabis smokers too much room to indulge their habit, while Labour's Lea Bouwmeester says it will drive away cannabis users.
MPs are arguing about how to manage the smoking ban in places which were set up so that people could legally buy something the rest of the world considers a banned substance. And the unforeseen consequences? We'll either all get high on the cannabis smoke drifting across terraces or coffee shops will do a roaring trade in displaced cigarette smokers.
-DutchNews.nl
July 3, 2007
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SMOKING IN COFFEE SHOPS ALLOWED
Health minister Ab Klink announced late last night that coffee shops, where cannabis can be sold legally, will not be threatened by the smoking ban which takes effect on July 1 2008, the Volkskrant reports. 'If we want to stop our policy of toleration, we should just do so, and not use the ban as an excuse,' he told MPs.
But coffee shops will not be entirely exempt. Klink insists that the counters where cannabis is sold must be smoke free. But as long as they are divided from the rest of the room, smoking on the premises will be allowed.
-DutchNews.nl
July 4, 2007
"COFFEESHOPS NOT THREATENED BY BAN"
THE HAGUE-The continued existence of coffeeshops is not under threat from the smoking ban to take effect in the hospitality industry on 1 July 2008, Public Health Minister Ab Klink told Parliament on Tuesday. "If we want to get rid of the policy of tolerance towards soft drugs then we should do that directly, not by means of the smoking ban." The Volkskrant reports.
Labour PvdA, Democrats D66 and green-left GroenLinks are urging that coffeeshops be exempted from the smoking ban. "We have chosen this soft drugs policy, and that is why smoking should remain permitted in coffeeshops," said PvdA MP Bouwmeester. Van Gent (GroenLinks): "A coffeeshop where you are not allowed to smoke is like swimming pool where you're not allowed to swim."
No exception will be made for coffeeshops, Klink said. The same rules will apply as for other hospitality sector venues. Businesses may set up a separate smoking area as long as it is screened off from the rest of the establishment and service is not provided in the area.
Klink is not setting any requirements for size or ventilation. He says he can imagine that most coffeeshops will simply screen off the sales point so that the larger area of the shop becomes a smoking room.
Bouwmeester was pleased with the minister's answer. "I was worried that coffeeshops would just turn into a booth to sell their wares, but it turns out there is no reason to worry about that."
Only the Freedom Party PVV and Liberal VVD are opposed to the smoking ban now. Schippers (VVD) says that ventilation systems can offer adequate protection against harmful smoke. Klink responded however that all studies have shown that these are not effective enough.
The Christian Democrat CDA wants the minister to look into the possibility of fining smokers. The ChristenUnie is the only other party that supports this request. Klink's proposal only provides for the business owner to be fined.
Smokers will also be offered a course to kick the habit, which will most likely be covered by insurance in future. Klink said he wants these courses to be included in the basic insurance package.
-Expatica.nl
July 4, 2007
DRUGS REGISTRY
MPs have voted to set up a national registry of all serious drug and alcohol-related incidents. MPs say a central organization will provide more insight into the scale of problems with drugs such as hallucinogenic mushrooms.
-DutchNews.nl
July 5, 2007
POLICE DEMAND END TO HOMEGROWN MARIJUANA
Current laws which turn a blind eye to private individuals growing up to five marijuana plants should be overturned, according to police drugs experts. They say small-scale growers can earn up to €3,000 a year from their home production.
Although growing marijuana plants is technically illegal, in practice the public prosecution department takes no action against people who grow up to five plants. Possession of up to five grams of cannabis is similarly ignored.
Police drugs experts also want tougher sentencing for professional plantations. 'At the moment they get community service of 60 to 80 hours. There should be a clear signal that (marijuana production) is unacceptable,' detective Ben Janssen told the Volkskrant.
'Grow shops' which sell seeds, lamps and fertilizers should also be tackled, Janssen says. 'They are the way in for organized marijuana growing,' he said.
Some 8,000 professional plantations are found in private homes, in commercial properties and in farm sheds every year, according to figures in the Telegraaf.
-dutchnews.nl
July 24, 2007
